COUNTRIES

(e.g., Fill in the blanks to make the names of two different countries: _a_a_a. Answer: Canada, Panama.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What country was the setting for the novel “The Thorn Birds”?

2. What two countries (not territory) are separated by the Strait of Gibraltar?

3. It’s the Hellenic Republic.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. It occupies the eastern part of Hispaniola.

5. Busan, Daegu and Incheon are three of its major cities.

6. Name two countries of South America with names that start with “B.”

PH.D. LEVEL

7. Catalan is the official language of this small landlocked country.

8. Its official language is German, and its capital city is Vaduz.

9. Europe’s second-largest island after Great Britain and before Ireland.

Answers: 1. Australia. 2. Spain and Morocco. 3. Greece. 4. The Dominican Republic. 5. South Korea. 6. Brazil and Bolivia. 7. Andorra. 8. Liechtenstein. 9. Iceland.

— North America Syndicate